SIFMA Market Close Recommendation for the UK Summer Bank Holiday

SIFMA
Recommends Full Market Close on August 26 for Trading of US Dollar-Denominated
Fixed-Income Securities in the UK in Observance of the Summer Bank

Holiday

New York, N.Y., August 19,
2013 — SIFMA
has confirmed its previous recommendation for a full market close on Monday, August
26 for the trading of US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in the
United Kingdom in observance of the Summer Bank Holiday.

This
recommendation applies to trading of US dollar-denominated government
securities, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, over-the-counter
investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, municipal bonds and secondary
money market trading in bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper and Yankee and
Euro certificates of deposit.

SIFMA’s
recommended early and full market closes are recommendations only; each member
firm should decide for itself whether its fixed-income departments remain open
for trading. All SIFMA recommendations are subject to change due to market
conditions.

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